Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-10
000010880
Contested design: 002672253-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0026722530001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lego Juris A/S
Denmark (DK)
Koldingvej 2, 7190 Billund, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Brick Toy SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Bulevardul Uverturii 163A, 060945 Bucharest, Romania
Represented by
Elena Grecu
Prior art cited (3)
LEGO mini-figure police pilot
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Elite_Police_Pilot · lego.wikia.com
three-dimensional mark for toys in Class 28
EUTM No 50 450 · EUIPO · disclosed 2000-04-18
three-dimensional mark for toys in Class 28
EUTM No 50 518 · EUIPO · disclosed 2000-06-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested toy figurine lacked novelty and individual character over earlier LEGO mini-figure D1 and also relied on earlier three-dimensional EUTMs.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed at least since 2013, rejected novelty because the differences were not immaterial, but found the shared core structure dominant given broad design freedom.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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